Author Topic: Gathering of Mustangs and Legends - pics (Read 2067 times)

Husky01 · « **Reply #15 on:** September 30, 2007, 06:38:27 PM »

~~All the AKs 4th FG 613th WoT and more that were there, was a blast to meet everyone!~~

Virage · « **Reply #16 on:** September 30, 2007, 07:21:49 PM »

Great Shots! Thanks for sharing!

Treize69 · « **Reply #17 on:** September 30, 2007, 07:42:23 PM »

May an unclean yak squat in your hot tub.

evenhaim · « **Reply #18 on:** September 30, 2007, 07:43:33 PM »

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Originally posted by Treize69
May an unclean yak squat in your hot tub.

SFraptor · « **Reply #19 on:** September 30, 2007, 07:56:59 PM »

I have gone to a airshow at offut air force bace and it had everything thare b2, c5 that people parashooted out of, c130, b52, f16, a10, f15, many stunt teams, Blue angles, many helicopters, uncountable ww2 and ww1 aircraft, and more sorry i couldnt get any pictures (lacked digital camera) but next time i will. the base was located a few miles away so before i went to the show i could see the teams practicing

Simaril · « **Reply #20 on:** September 30, 2007, 08:12:20 PM »

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May an unclean yak squat in your hot tub.

Sorry, no Yaks showed up....

But there were scads of other AHers there. Several of the 4th FG (Fencer, Boozer, Hammer, PH, BSwin; wives Fence-ette and Swin-ette); 332nd FG (Simaril, TWolf/ Zip41); Hack9, Wooly, Odee, OGIE, BigAL, LIttle Al, Greyga and a few I can't recall off the top of my head. We ran into BearKats and SHawk, but the alt and zoom made their sightings brief.

There were a number of vets there, though of course always fewer and fewer around. I managed to get a poster autographed by a frail Alex Boudreaux, 477th Composite Air Group of the "Tuskegee Army Air Force" (as he signed his unit). Most exciting for me was listening to Wooley talk with a vet of the 8th AF, who happened to be the pilot of an 8th AF Mustang that happened to be skinned on a plastic model he had happened to buy. That autographed wing will be coated in acrylic clear matte, I imagine. (I'll let him tell the story and name the plane/pilot.)

After Friday and Saturday at the shows, several of us went to Dayton to revisit the AF museum.

Havent gotten my pics -- -some of which are on a low tech medium called "film" -- ready for upload. I'll get them up when I can, including pics of the sim pilots. Always love seeing the faces that go with the voices!

Treize69 · « **Reply #21 on:** September 30, 2007, 08:17:32 PM »

I'm still fuming that I got denied those days off even though I dropped the paperwork 3 months in advance.

I was so steamed that I tracked down the guy who did get them and challenged him to Rochambeau for them. He wouldn't go for it, the wimp.

Dream Child · « **Reply #22 on:** September 30, 2007, 08:22:52 PM »

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Originally posted by Treize69
May an unclean yak squat in your hot tub.

Hmm...I thought I was sensing a little ...ummm... hostility?

MotleyCH · « **Reply #23 on:** September 30, 2007, 08:55:55 PM »

Wow..great pics:aok

Thanks for sharing..wish I could have been there:cry

lyric1 · « **Reply #24 on:** October 01, 2007, 08:23:18 AM »

Was there yesterday as well very cool event got to meet Bud Anderson who could ask for more.

Fencer51 · « **Reply #25 on:** October 01, 2007, 11:12:21 AM »

Fencer51 · « **Reply #26 on:** October 01, 2007, 11:19:52 AM »

Only downside to the whole event was the promised "51" Mustang flyby was either a joke on the crowd or diminished by something to 20 Mustangs doing the number 51. While it was nice to see that many, more than one pass with them in formation (finger 4) would have been nice. I see that they have modified the "Event Schedule" on the GML website to reflect this "change" in the program for Satuday. IF they flew it on Sunday (which I doubt) I will be doubly unhappy.

They could have flown some 8 plane sorties and did flybys nice and slow but as happened in 1999 they did not. A few more sorties of 8 to 12 Mustangs would have went far into removing the disapointment of the lack of the promised 51 plane flyby. The announcer's failure to point out that Mustangs were taking off also was annoying. First you would know is when it was too late to get the shot.

Simaril · « **Reply #27 on:** October 01, 2007, 11:42:47 AM »

Yeah, the announcers were annoying, but I think that's part of the job description. They also seemed to chatter on top of the sweet, sweet sounds of piston engines....so sound pack potential, and simple enjoyment, were much impared.

There were a few gaffes, my personal favorite being a Friday mention of the P-51s revolutionary laminar flow engine.

But nothing could take away the thrills: seeing the backwash from P-47 startups blow down the snow fence, or hearing the sweet pounding revs from 4 Lancaster Merlins.

wooly15 · « **Reply #28 on:** October 01, 2007, 11:56:49 AM »

Agreed Fencer, the 51 formation caught me totally off guard and I had no time to get the camera ready.
On the other hand the rest of the weekend was a BLAST. It was awesome to meet the faces behind the voices like Simaril said. To finish the story that Simaril started...his name is Elmo Sears (Lt. Elmo Sears). He flew with the 479th FG/ 434FS. The coolest thing about it is he came up to us, well Fencer and asked about the shirt he was wearing and it went from there. Elmo would tell you stories as long as you would sit there and listen and I did, like a little boy at story time. I had him sign a P-51 model I bought along with a few other Aces to include Frank Speer, and Clyde East with 13 victories in a PR mustang! Here is Elmo's plane, American Maid.

http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/gallery.php?Group=479&Style=item&origStyle=list&Item=45&Temp=1771&searchString=

to all of you I met and see you in the simulated skies soon.

Wooly

wooly15 · « **Reply #29 on:** October 01, 2007, 11:59:21 AM »

Oh I forgot the best "announcer moment"...as the two P-47's were doing the simulated strafing runs, the announcer said "look at that ladies and gentlemen, those are two beautiful jugs" ....classic because I don't think he realized the double entendre.